Had to google it as none of you lazy buggers had started a thread.

Saturday 11 April 2:35 pm AEST – Fijian Drua v Western Force at Churchill Park, Lautoka, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport

DRUA (1-15): Haereiti Hetet, Zuriel Togiatama, Mesake Doge, Isoa Nasilasila (co-c), Joseva Tamani, Etonia Waqa, Motikiai Murray, Elia Canakaivata, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, Ilaisa Droasese, Iosefo Namoce, Tuidraki Samusamuvodre (co-c), Isikeli Basiyalo, Isikeli Rabitu

Replacements: Mesulame Dolokoto, Emosi Tuqiri, Samuela Tawake, Mesake Vocevoce, Kitione Salawa, Vilive Miramira, Simione Kuruvoli, Manasa Mataele

FORCE (1-15): Sef Fa'agase, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Misinale Epenisa, Franco Molina, Jeremy Williams (c), Nick Champion de Crespigny, Jack Daly, Vaiolini Ekuasi, Henry Robertson, Ben Donaldson, Dylan Pietsch, Bayley Kuenzle, Hamish Stewart, George Bridge, Mac Grealy

Replacements: Nic Dolly, Marley Pearce, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Lopeti Faifua, Will Harris, Agustin Moyano, Kurtley Beale, Zac Lomax

Referee: Damon Murphy

Assistant Referees: Jordan Way, Jeremy Markey

TMO: James Leckie

Lomax set to make his debut (again).

Another Drua win in Fiji coming up. The Force front row looks very weak with Robertson not there.

@African-Monkey
The scrum was shit last week and it didn't matter in the slightest.
Cant see any Fijian team trying to scrum another team out of the game.
Just not there style.
They might try it if its another monsoon game.

The scrum is starting to lose a bit of its importance.
There are sometimes less than ten in a game now.
And refs are reluctant to do resets.
And if it wasn't your put in, you weren't guna get the ball anyway.
They quick tap rule change, no scrums from free-kicks, etc.
In the games i've seen the scrum is just starting to look like a time-out for a breather.
All good, been too much scrum BS over the years..

The force D will decide it; if they aint up to it, they'll get shredded.

@mohikamo said in Drua v Force:

@African-Monkey
The scrum was shit last week and it didn't matter in the slightest.
Cant see any Fijian team trying to scrum another team out of the game.
Just not there style.
They might try it if its another monsoon game.

The scrum is starting to lose a bit of its importance.
There are sometimes less than ten in a game now.
And refs are reluctant to do resets.
And if it wasn't your put in, you weren't guna get the ball anyway.
They quick tap rule change, no scrums from free-kicks, etc.
In the games i've seen the scrum is just starting to look like a time-out for a breather.
All good, been too much scrum BS over the years..

The force D will decide it; if they aint up to it, they'll get shredded.

I'm more worried about them running out of gas, the usual story in Fiji, especially in Lautoka. The side does look better though with Kuenzle at 12, Stewart at 13, and Bridge back to the wing. All that's missing now is Tizzano, but even then, Daly went well last week.

Just kicked off

Good long range try by the Drua. Final pass was a bit dodgy but we haven’t got a replay with a good angle

14-7 Drua after 30mins

Another beautiful long range try from Drua

A joy to watch

Do the Drua hate set piece more than Damon hates blowing penalties for people going off their feet at ruck time?

Basiyalo read that like a book. Couldn't have been more obvious what Beale was going to do.

This looks like it being played in slo-mo
I can almost feel the heat from here.
Energy sapping stuff. Even the Dria look knackered

Force manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

I'd like to watch some rugby televised from Fiji not captured by a potato masquerading as a camera. Stan's coverage is diabolically bad.

Fun game

Force blew that one

Just keep starting Lomax now - he can take Bridge's spot who is useless in 2026